October 2, 2009
Dear Parents,
Welcome to another exciting season of Edison
tennis! We would first like to express our appreciation for your help
and support of the team both last year and so far this year. We also
have a lot of new players and freshmen that are joining the high school program for the first time, and we welcome you to the Edison
tennis family! We feel confident that we have a lot to build on for
this year and we’re confident that we will again have players that will
represent Edison
at the state tennis tournament. Congratulations again to past state
tournament participants including, 2009 season’s Ian Jones and Natalie
Fore, and 2008 qualifiers Brian Friloux and Allan Cole.
Also, as most of
you know by now Edison Tennis is very lucky to have two head coaches to
head the programs. This is of great benefit to your son or daughter,
and allows practices, tournaments, and matches to run smoothly by
enabling more individual attention to the players. Tyler will head the
boys program, and Rebecca will head the girls program; however, if
there are any matters that need to be discussed that relates to both
programs please contact both coaches so they are both aware of any
issues.
We are currently
working on our season schedule/calendar and will be sending that
information out as soon as it is finalized. This should be early
January. We are looking at adding in as many tournaments, hosting
another Quad Tournament, as possible to allow maximum matches and dates
to be allowed by OSSAA rules and regulations. This also allows a solid
record to compare for seeding purposes at conferences and state
tournaments and as much match play for players at all levels.
Please make your
student-athlete aware that students are expected to be in attendance at
all home matches regardless of opponent team size and/or if the athlete
knows in advance that they will not be competing in a specific match.
Home matches will usually begin by 3:30
or upon arrival of opponent. Athletes will carpool to away matches by
student drivers and/or coach, according to choice given on signed
transportation release at beginning of year. We will inform the
students as to who will be traveling to and competing in the away
matches as they approach.
We are currently
looking at uniforms to purchase for both the boys and girls teams. We
will let you know the cost of the uniforms once we decide on the style
(last year the boys paid around $65 for a shirt and shorts, while the
girls allotted for only a t-shirt with an approximate $15 cost). Since
the varsity girls’ tennis team will look a lot different with six
seniors graduating from last year, the girls will more than likely be
asked to purchase a whole new uniform.
Finally, the course
syllabus will be shared with your son or daughter during our annual
“tennis welcome” party. We are unsure of date and location at this
time, but it will more than likely occur in November at the residence
of senior Robert Fries, and Booster Club President, Bob. We’ll update
you as soon as a date is confirmed. It is mandatory that the athlete
attends this meeting!
Remember, as a pre-requisite for enrollment in tennis all paperwork is required to be completed by Friday, January 8th.
This includes a physical, sportsmanship form, transportation, and
emergency release/consent form. Students will also be required to sign
a tennis contract for the season. If all paperwork is not turned in by the 8th your son or daughter will be withdrawn from tennis, so don’t delay with physicals because exceptions will not be made.
We are also basing enrollment in tennis on the following: attending
optional fall practices (going on now until the weather gets bad, every
Tuesday/Thursday without inclement weather), athletic eligibility,
attendance at “welcome party.” If you have any questions on these
policies or need a paperwork packet to complete please have your son or
daughter see Coach Bell or Coach Madden with this.
Edison
tennis is again offering business recognition by purchasing a banner to
be hung on the tennis courts. This is a great opportunity for your
business to be recognized. Initial purchase for a banner will be $200
to get them printed and hung up for one calendar year. Each year after
that would be $100. If you know a business that would be interested in
purchasing a banner please let us know.
As always, the
tennis teams have little money in their allotted budgets for season
play. We will be doing fundraisers such as selling concessions to help
add money into our budget. Last year approximately $300 for both
programs was added into the budgets by working concessions during
middle school basketball games. The dates that are required for adult
supervision that we are asking for volunteers for, as well as student
help are: Wednesday, 7 Oct (NEXT WEEK!) not enough volunteers!
- Monday, 26 Oct
- Tuesday, 27 Oct
- Wednesday, 11 Nov
The
requirements for concessions sales are the following: an adult MUST be
present the entire time. Concessions should start at approximately 5:30 and end at 8:30/8:45, but no later than 9pm.
The athletic director will start the major food items like chili and
cheese and will stock the drinks. This means everything is there ready
to go, we just need people there to hand out items and take money. It
is suggested that parents and students split shifts, so we’d like to
see two adult volunteers per night and four athletes per day. Shifts
should run approximately 5:30-7:00, and 7:00-8:30/8:45.
Coaches are not expected to take these shifts. It is the students’
responsibility and up to booster club to raise money in order for
tournaments to be scheduled. If volunteers cannot be found we lose the
opportunity to make money and will have to cut tournaments.
Like last year, the
administration has advised that there will be no money left over if
tennis isn’t able to raise all the money needed to last until the end
of the season. This means that tournaments may end up getting cut if
the students aren’t on board to fundraise, so please encourage your son
or daughter to help out with fundraising through working concessions.
We couldn’t have
made it through the season last year without the support from parents,
monetary donations, business recognition banners, anonymous donations,
companies sponsoring hotel rooms, parents helping with snacks at
tournaments, etc.
Thank you for all you’ve done to contribute! Next time you’re by Edison
take a peek at the new court benches that were made and donated by the
Fries family- they make the courts look great and will look great with
the new net the Clark family donated.
We look forward to
seeing you throughout the season! Please feel free to email us at any
time if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Ms. Rebecca L. Madden Mr. Tyler W. Bell
Edison Preparatory School Edison Preparatory School
Head Tennis Coach Head Tennis Coach
Office: 746-8500 ext. 23178 Office: 746-8500 ext. 23042
Cell: 809-6398 Cell: 607-3683
maddere@tulsaschools.org bellty@tulsaschools.org
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